"Shake Off Thy Guilty Fears"

Here's the lyric to a great hymn by Charles Wesley that echoes the theme of Pastor Denyes' sermon today on forgiveness:

Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety* stands,
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

He ever lives above, for me to intercede;
His all redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead:
His blood atoned for all our race,
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Five bleeding wounds He bears; received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me:
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry,
“Nor let that ransomed sinner die!”

The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away, the presence of His Son;
His Spirit answers to the blood,
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

My God is reconciled; His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child; I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And “Father, Abba, Father,” cry.
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[*'Surety' here means 'one who has become legally liable for the debt, default, or failure in duty of another' Merriam Webster Online Dictionary]

Words: Charles Wes­ley",Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems, 1742.
Music: Len­ox, Lew­is Ed­son
in The Chor­ist­er’s Com­pan­ion, by Sim­e­on Jo­ce­lyn and Amos Doo­lit­tle
(New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut: 1782)